Window Docking Layouts

A docking layout is similar to an Eclipse "Perspective" in that it
describes a set of dockable windows that are visible to the user at any given
time, hiding the rest.

Various jEdit and plugin windows can be docked into the View for
convenience. Dockable windows have a popup button in their top-left
corner. Clicking this button displays a menu with commands for docking
the window in one of four sides of the View.

On each side of the TextArea where there are docked windows, a
strip of buttons is shown. There is a button for activating each docked
window, as well as a close box and a popup menu button, which when
clicked shows a menu for moving or undocking the currently selected
window. The popup menu also contains a command for opening a new
floating instance of the current window.

The commands in the
View>Docking menu move keyboard
focus between docking areas.

After you have customized the layout of your dockables and wish to save it
for export/import, use the actions View -
Docking - Save/Load Docking Layout.

It is possible to configure a Dockable layout for just one or a handful of
edit modes. This makes it possible to save or load your dockable layout with the
same keyboard shortcut (or automatically) based on the edit mode of your current
buffer.

It is also possible to save/load a layout for a particular edit mode. The
loading and saving can be done automatically, as configured in the global options
docking pane when the mode of the buffer changes, or manually in response to
invoking View - Docking -
Save/Load Docking Layout for current mode.

Each dockable has three commands associated with it; one is part of the
menu bar and opens the dockable. The other two commands are:

Window Name (Toggle) -
opens the dockable window if it is hidden, and hide it if
its already open.

Window Name (New Floating
Instance) - opens a new instance of the
dockable in a floating window, regardless of the docking
configuration. For example, this can be used to view two
different directories side-by-side in two file system
browser windows.

A new floating instance can also be opened from the
dockable window's popup menu.